Indirizzo mail istituzionale:
giada.pastorelli@studenti.unipd.it

Postazione:
Piano 3. Dipartimento di Astronomia

Reasearch Interests:
Stellar structure and evolution. Stellar populations and population synthesis models. Theory and observations of AGB stars in nearby systems.

Thesis Title:
Calibrating the TP-AGB Phase through Resolved Stellar Populations in nearby Galaxies.

Supervisor:
Prof. Paola Marigo, Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Padova)
Co-supervisor
Dr. Léo Girardi, INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova


Short CV

October 2015 – Present
PhD student in Astronomy - Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Padova). My PhD project is funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant 2013 - STARKEY Project - “Solving the TP-AGB STAR Conundrum: a KEY to Galaxy Evolution”, Principal Investigator: Prof. Paola Marigo.

October 2013 – September 2015
Master Degree in Astronomy - Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Padova)
110/110 cum laude.
Thesis Title: Calibrating the TP-AGB Phase through Resolved Stellar Populations in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Supervisor: Prof. Paola Marigo
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Léo Girardi

October 2011 – March 2012
LLP/Erasmus study period – Institute of Physics (Potsdam University, Germany)

October 2009 – October 2013
Bachelor Degree in Astronomy - Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Padova)
Thesis Title: Thermohaline mixing in low-mass stars
Supervisor: Prof. Paola Marigo